Utilities tariffs to rise in 2008

Belarus will in increase the tariffs for thermal and electrical energy due to growth in costs for the Russian gas, Belarusian vice prime minister Andrei Kabyakou said while talking to the members of parliament. Responding to a question about gas costs, Kabyakou noted that "negotiations with the Russian partners are under way. There is a corridor which allows to reach a cost deal at a different level", Intrefax reports.

Kabyakou also said that there were various payment options.